Seminole baseball to open season with series of home games

Oct. 9, 2012

The Seminole baseball team stands for the national anthem during the second game of the NCAA super regionals in Tallahassee on June 10, 2012. The Seminoles went on to defeat Stanford, 18-7, and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha. / Zachary Goldstein/FSView

The month of February brings with it Valentines, cold weather and this year, Florida State baseball. The Seminoles will open season play February 15, 2013 with a three-game series against the University of Rhode Island inside Dick Howser stadium of Tallahassee. Fans of FSU baseball excited to see the new team will have plenty of opportunity as the Seminoles open the season with a 15-game home stand.

“It’s always important that we play as many games as we can at home early in the season because our weather is perfect to play baseball at that time of year,” head coach Mike Martin said. “The main thing is with a young club that we have got to find out what this team can do and what better way to do that than to find out at home.”

Florida State will have plenty of new faces as closer Robert Benincasa, slugger Jayce Boyd and captain James Ramsey all departed for life in the minor leagues. Florida State will face stiff competition early on with thirteen teams on this year’s schedule recorded 30 or more wins a season ago and four teams finished the season ranked in the top 25.

The state of Florida championship will be in full effect this season as Florida State battles against the major universities like Florida, Miami, Central Florida and South Florida. USF and FSU haven’t met since June 2, 2002 in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, but the Bulls will travel to Tallahassee for a three-game series on February 22.

“We are going to play a very competitive schedule and I’m sure if you look on there you will see a number of teams that participated in postseason play including three against the No. 1 team in the country last year for a majority of the season in the University of Florida,” Martin said.

FSU will also face off against Florida state schools like Jacksonville, Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast.

The six-time ACC Atlantic Division Champion Seminoles will begin their 30-game conference schedule against Boston College in Tallahassee March 8. Only one league opponent remains off the schedule for Florida State in North Carolina who the Seminoles won’t play for the second consecutive year.

“Of course one of the biggest disappointments is not playing the University of North Carolina,” Martin said. “But we have Miami down there, will visit a very good NC State ball club late in the season, and host Georgia Tech and Clemson, so we have a very, very competitive schedule as usual.”

Check the info box on the left for the full 2013 FSU baseball schedule.